@clukasik
Assistant Professor of Religion at Mississippi State University | “Martyrs and Migrants” NYU Press | “Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity” Fordham UP | religion, migration, violence, empire www.candacelukasik.com
An intriguing book sponsered by a colleague, which may be of interest to some here. Spiro Jabbour was a Syrian Christian deacon writing in the 70s and 80s who sought an encounter between theology and psychoanalysis. Aaron Eldridge translated and edited this book, and Omnia El Shakry blurbed it.
Thrilled to share this news and grateful to the @khayrallahcenter.bsky.social for this recognition!
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I’m also very much looking forward to visiting the @uvmvermont.bsky.social next week for a book talk on "Martyrs and Migrants" @nyupress.bsky.social.
Here are the details:
Date: Tuesday, March 3
Time: 3:30–5:00 PM
Location: Lafayette 210
If you are in the area, I’d love to see you there.
Next Friday, I’ll be giving a book talk on “Martyrs and Migrants” in the Department of Religious Studies at UVA! Please join us!
religiousstudies.as.virginia.edu/candace-luka...
American #religion is changing, and we need more than hot takes and simple graphs. @USCCRCC is launching a multi-pronged effort to get better stories out there. Including journalism fellowships.
dornsife.usc.edu/crcc/stories...
#cfp We are seeking papers for both a pre-conference workshop for New England-based anthropology PhD Students and early career faculty (March 27) and paper proposals for two panels (all ranks) (March 28). Due by 02.23.2026. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
www.msstate.edu/newsroom/art...
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Interested in the YSAR program? Check out some of the different things our past and current members are working on!
From book talks to podcasts, YSAR members are sharing their work in many ways!
Learn more about YSAR: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
Looking forward to my talk at Yale University with the Middle Eastern and North African Cultural Community (MENACC) next month!
Many thanks to the @curabu.bsky.social for organizing this book talk and conversation in early March! If you’re in Boston, consider joining us: www.bu.edu/cura/2025/12...
Sinan Antoon’s ‘Of Loss and Lavender’
In this conversation over e-mail, Sinan Antoon talks about the novel, the fraught nature of collective memory, the process of self-translation, and the sort of “security checkpoints” a book must pass through in the process of translation.
Absolutely thrilled to be working with Leonard McKinnis on this project, “The Idea of Diaspora in the Study of American Religion”! Many thanks to the @aarweb.bsky.social for their support!
Worn papyrus with drawings of figures, symbols, and writing in Coptic. More here https://smarthistory.org/coptic-magical-text/
Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
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"[A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE's] analysis of early Christian conflicts has furthermore taken shape against the backdrop of ever more polarized U.S. political conversations..."
Read an excerpt with author's note from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE by Christine Shepardson: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/e...
#SCS2026
NEW MIDDLE EAST BRIEF: DISAPPEARANCE OR RECONFIGURATION? THE FUTURE OF MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANS
@clukasik.bsky.social argues that focusing on population decline alone obscures how Christian communities are actively reconfiguring their presence and authority.
Read Here: brandeis.edu/crown/public...
2025 is coming to a close! Take a look at some of our favorite 2025 YSAR moments. From a graduating cohort that has grown and flourished, to welcoming a new batch of great scholars, this year has been an incredible journey with our YSAR cohorts!
Looking forward to this symposium at معهد الدوحة للدراسات العليا - Doha Institute for Graduate Studies!
My paper is entitled, "Entanglement: The Imperial Encounter and Diasporas of Empire.”
www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/en/News-and-...
‘Ammar Abu Bakr’s wall of martyrs with wings, Muhammad Mahmoud Street, February 2012. Author’s photo.
Lucie Ryzova's "Portrait of a #Martyr as a Young Man: Social Lives of #Photographs in Revolutionary #Egypt" is open access and out on FirstView!
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
Promotional graphic announcing that Rajbir Singh Judge's PROPHETIC MAHARAJA is the Winner of the 2025 Best First Book in the History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion (AAR). It includes the book's cover and a 20% discount with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu.
We are pleased to announce that Rajbir Singh Judge's PROPHETIC MAHARAJA is the winner of the 2025 Best First Book in the History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion (AAR). buff.ly/aTJkAo6 @rajbirsinghjudge.bsky.socia @aarweb.bsky.social
So happy to have seen you, Lena! Congratulations again on your amazing book! 🎉
Thanks, Chance!! I was questioning whether it was working, but I decided to be bold! Also, your outfit was on point!
What an incredible week of celebration. Book panels at AAA and MESA, thinking “Martyrs and Migrants” and Sarah Bakker Kellogg’s “Sonic Icons” together, and a brief stop at AAR, reuniting with people that make my heart full. Thank you all!
We're concluding another successful AAR-SBL gathering, and it’s been wonderful to connect with all our authors in Boston!
With tomorrow as the final day, we're giving away the remaining display books for free! Swing by Booth 813 starting at 8:30!
#AAR #SBL #AARSBL2025
Our symposium on the 20th anniversary of the release of Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety is now available online, with thanks to @biqbal.bsky.social for bringing us together. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Many thanks to Fiona McCallum Guiney for this detailed and incredibly thoughtful review in @ersjournal.com of ‘Martyrs and Migrants’ @nyupress.bsky.social!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🎉Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics is now available @fordhampress.bsky.social!🎉
fordhampress.com/anthropologi...
20 years after Saddam Hussein’s fall, what can upcoming elections tell us about the future of #Iraq’s democracy? Read our latest Crown Conversation by Killian Clarke, Candace Lukasik, & Kerem Uşşaklı: www.brandeis.edu/crown/public... | @kbclarke.bsky.social @clukasik.bsky.social
#ERSBookReview 📘
"This book offers a fascinating account of the interconnectedness between empire, migration, religion and race".
Fiona McCallum Guineon reviews Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social by @clukasik.bsky.social
Read the full review: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
Tomorrow!
